Collection Management Services

Collection Management Services (CMS) is responsible for a variety of services within the University Library, including:

Remote storage at the Oak Street Library Facility

Electronic course reserves (e-reserves)

Print reserve processing for the Undergraduate Library and Main Stacks

Media reserve processing for the Undergraduate Library

Collection management projects--large and small

Processing gifts of materials to the Library

Oak Street High Density Storage

Oak Street High Density Storage at the Oak Street Library Facility provides remote storage for less-used Library materials, as well as materials that require ideal preservation conditions. More than three million volumes are held at Oak Street High Density Storage.

You can place requests for items located in Oak Street High Density Storage via the Library's online catalog, and designate either a specific pick-up location or ask to have the material delivered through campus mail. Turnaround time for receiving material from Oak Street High Density Storage is comparable to other UIUC campus libraries.

CMS processes all electronic course reserves (e-reserves) for the campus, print reserves for the Undergraduate Library and Main Stacks, media reserves for the Undergraduate Library, and audio reserves in conjunction with the Music and Performing Arts Library.

Electronic Reserves, or e-reserves, includes all reserve materials that are accessed online, while physical reserves includes all reserve materials that are held behind the desk in a library, regardless of format.

Oak Street High Density Storage at the Oak Street Library Facility provides remote storage for less-used Library materials, as well as materials that require ideal preservation conditions. More than three million volumes are held at Oak Street High Density Storage.

You can place requests for items located in Oak Street High Density Storage via the Library's online catalog, and designate either a specific pick-up location or ask to have the material delivered through campus mail. Turnaround time for receiving material from Oak Street High Density Storage is comparable to other UIUC campus libraries.

CMS processes all electronic course reserves (e-reserves) for the campus, print reserves for the Undergraduate Library and Central Circulation, media reserves for the Undergraduate Library, and audio reserves in conjunction with the Music and Performing Arts Library.

Electronic Reserves, or e-reserves, includes all reserve materials that are accessed online, while physical reserves includes all reserve materials that are held behind the desk in a library, regardless of format.

Collection Management Services (CMS) supports large-scale collection management through a range of project work related to New Service Model (NSM) initiatives and other Library priorities, including transfers, retrospective cataloging, physical shifts of collections, or some combination.

The University of Illinois Library accepts gifts-in-kind to help provide additional materials that might not otherwise be available to users. Gifts to the Library benefit students and researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and thousands of researchers and citizens throughout Illinois, the nation and the world. Responsible stewardship of gifts of material to the Library collection is as important to the general vitality of our Library as are the purchases we make.